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If you can't make it to one our courses, don't fret! Whatever stage you are at, there are a number of great resources you can use to build up your coding skills. We have put together a selection of reviews of the coding sites we've tried. Please do let us know which resources you've found helpful (Tweet us at @CodeFirstGirls)

Other Useful Sites...​Skilled up -helps you find the best online courses. Select what you want to learn and it will give you all the relevant sites based upon your level.

Khan Academy- The Hour of Code tutorial is a good quick intro to coding, there are lots of video tutorials as well but it's not as practical as other resources like codeacademy.com

Free Code Camp - great resource that allows you to practise your coding skills on projects for non-profit organisations.

Codebar - this is a great organisation which offers a wide range of tutorials for you to work through. If there is a chapter near you, you can also attend their weekly meetups to work through the tutorials with a developer.

Meetup.com - this is a great resource for finding coding meetup groups near you

Goodui - this is a website full of tips about how to create a good user interface whilst creating websites.

Founders and Coders-Founders & Coders C.I.C. runs the only free full-time coding course in the UK, they are based in London. You can see more about the pre-course requisites on their website. They also run many meetups especially focusing on Javascript to improve your coding level, which includes Coding for Women.

Learn to code- Built by our very own CF: G Summer Intensive course competition winners. A handy site with plenty of resources and code for coders, focusing on HTML/CSS, Javascript and Python essentials.

​Useful Lists and Blogs...

London Tech Meetups - Jenny Brennen, one of our 2016 Ones To Watch and also one of our volunteer instructors, has written a very comprehensive list of London tech groups.

Free UK Women Coding Groups - Our Community Blogger, Catherine Heath has written a blog on the various coding groups across the country - great resource.

Unicornelia - a collection of Kornelia's reviews and summaries of various London tech groups and events she's attended.

Website Development Learning Centre - this list from DeVry Bootcamp provides outside resources for different parts of the coding process like front-end HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

"Learning the basics of coding not only taught me such a highly valued skill, it was also incredibly fun! I got a real kick and sense of satisfaction from problem solving."Emily Brooke, Founder Blaze Components and member of the Entrepreneur First 2012 cohort